Current position: DIOR Chief Jewelry Designer
In Paris, walked into the flagship store of DIOR in the chicest Place Vend?me, one can be attracted by the classic atmosphere of the DIOR has always been, in the iconic leopard-print carpet and crystal chandeliers Between the iconic leopard-print carpet and crystal chandeliers, jewelry designer Victoire de Castellane's creations are displayed on miniature sofas and benches, where they are "worshipped" by customers. Born into a French aristocratic family, Victor has been obsessed with sparkling gems since she was a child. She worked for Chanel for 14 years, and in 1998 was appointed by the French brand DIOR as the brand's first ever chief high jewelry designer.
If there is a little less childlike innocence and imagination, there is definitely less taste to appreciate Victor's jewelry, and her love of storytelling gives it a fairytale-like extension of the imagination. She once said, "in the field of fine jewelry, if all the serious point of view to cut to talk about each stone, although it is necessary but absolutely not enough. I want each piece to be presented as if it were telling 'their own' story to each admirer instead." So a square, 18K gold one-piece ring (Nougat collection) becomes a melting milk candy on the middle finger, taking a metal that should be masculine and hard, and without any other feminine gemstone embellishments, just adding a little bit of childish imagery, it is easy to let the wearer feel the delightful sensation of the sky.
Viktor broke the stereotype of jewelry as unattainable, and it became very popular. She feels that creation always begins with one's own desire. "What is it that I don't have yet? What do I want?" As she ponders these questions every day, she already has a picture in her mind of what the finished jewelry will look like. Until now, Viktor still imagines herself as a princess wearing jewelry, so her work is always full of strange and magical fairy tale colors.
Fashion is now being dominated by a cartoon force, many adults have begun to wear cartoon characters on the body, together with the "play cute", such a kawaii character, in Victor's fine jewelry works, can also be easily detected. Such a kawaii character can also be easily detected in Victor's high jewelry works, such as a classical Victorian brooch, brooch on the lady carved like the tips of the hair, between the ears and the neck also alive and well pinned on the 18-karat gold bow hair ornaments, ruby and diamond earrings and necklaces, become a miniature accessory in the jewelry works.
Tiffany's Jewelry Designer Paloma Picasso: TIFFANY, Current Position: Exclusive Designer at Tiffany&Co.
When a jewelry lover receives TIFFANY's delicate, sky-blue box tied with a white satin ribbon, and thinks about the near-perfect jewelry inside, what feeling comes up inside? What will be the feeling inside? It should be a strong desire for perfect love. Paloma Picasso, one of the three major designers under TIFFANY, has also used her y personalized design method to express the blood gene of Picasso family that is obsessed with love and her unique interpretation of love.
As the daughter of Picasso, the master of modern painting, Paloma has lived up to her name. She has the most idiosyncratic and shrewd "brain" in the fashion industry; she is the most prestigious jewelry designer and successful businessman; she is known as "the golden inspiration of jewelry design". Paloma's artistic mastery is no less than her father's, and she has always been able to use her extraordinary creativity to design a stunning array of colored jewelry. Wisely, she used the Picasso name to create a name for herself, making her first fortune and then letting her imagination run wild.
Paloma's life as a designer was transformed by her time as a stage dresser and image designer for avant-garde theater in Paris. She was admired by theater critics for a series of rhinestone necklaces using strings of stones from Folie-Bergeres' three-pointed swimsuits. The success of this jewelry design sparked Paloma's interest in jewelry design. She decided to go back to school and receive formal training in jewelry design and production in order to utilize her unique talents in this area. A year later, Paloma Picasso showed her first pieces to her friend Yves Saint Laurent and asked the famous fashion designer how to price them, but he immediately asked her to design a set of jewelry for his collection. Paloma Picasso went on to design gold jewelry for the House of Zolotas, where she absorbed the practical aspects of jewelry making and perfected her design skills.
Paloma's position in the jewelry design world was truly recognized internationally because of her collaboration with TIFFANY, with which she became associated in 1980 and designed several popular pieces, including the DOUBLEHEART series and the KISS series, and interestingly, love was the theme of these representative pieces. DOUBLEHEART is a lover's heart, and the "X" in KISS, which has become a symbol of Paloma, is derived from the word KISS. Her latest commemorative design also continues the consistent style, with strong power and passion, the performance of bold and avant-garde, a large number of combinations of colored gemstones, metal glossy and matte layers of change, extraordinarily gorgeous and eye-catching.
Folli Follie's jewelry designer Ketty Koutsolioutsos: Greek mythology in oriental colors
Current position: Image Director of Folli Follie
As the most famous Greek jewelry brand, who would have thought that the founder and soul of the designer KettyKoutsolioutsos that founder and soul-designer Ketty Koutsolioutsos had little to do with jewelry as a student? She graduated from the Arjanesakeion School in Athens, then continued her studies in sociology and anthropology in London, UK, before moving to Italy four years later to complete her studies.
Ketty began her career as a jewelry designer in Italy, and in 1982, she returned to Greece to officially launch a company called FolliFollie. The combination of her glamorous and talented designs and her husband, Mr. Dimitri's excellent investment and business skills led to their rapid success in the world of jewelry design. "My designs are inspired by what I see every day, by past experiences or by my travels. After every trip to Asian countries, there is always a lot of fresh and vibrant inspiration for design." A lover of oriental art, Ketty likes to use simple but brilliant colors to express her personal jewelry design philosophy. Simple lines and clear themes are one of the secrets to the success of her work.
Ketty is particularly fond of her namesake K Collection, a one-of-a-kind jewelry line with extravagant designs inspired by Ketty Koutsolioutsos' travels in Asia and the Far East. Gold, silver, gemstones and semi-precious stones have been interpreted by Ketty and her designers, making them some of the brightest new names in fashion jewelry today.
Ellen Chang: Designed by Oscar-winning actress
Current position: Exclusive designer for Carnet
In the first few years of her career, Chang's name was not well known to the general public, but in 2006, she designed four pieces of jewelry for the film "The Da Vinci Code" (FleurDeLys CrossKey, a cross key for unlocking secrets, and three lapel pins, The CrossKey), and three lapel pins, The CrossKey. and 3 lapel pins TheCross, Circle and CrossFleurDeLys), which brought the work of this famous Hong Kong jewelry designer to the limelight.
Relative to the previous masters of jewelry design, Cheung Wong Yau Lun's credentials are not really shallow, joining the jewelry industry in 1985, setting up a jewelry company in 2004, and holding his first solo jewelry show in the United States only in 2005. In this exhibition, Julian Cheung met a number of Hollywood actresses such as Kitty Wensley, "Sins of the Heart" actress Glenn Goss and "Pretty Too Easy to Do" actress Terry Shazor, and sponsored them to attend the Oscars for the first time to wear jewelry, so that their own design work shines on the red carpet in Hollywood.
The props in the original "Da Vinci Code" give people infinite imagination, and they reveal the amazing secrets hidden behind Da Vinci's works. In the movie, Hong Kong jewelry designer Cheung Wong Yau Lun will imagine into reality, casting the opening of the secret jewelry, mysterious and seductive appearance, not lost in women outside the film plot of the visual enjoyment.
Jewelry Designer Mitsuo Kaji: The Persistent Pursuer of Courtism
Current Position: Artistic Director of Mitsuo Kaji Jewelry
When you look at Mitsuo Kaji's designs, you always think that they are not modern jewelry: the ornate carvings and decorations and the bold matching of gemstones, and each piece of jewelry has a courtly classical "European" style, and it is hard to imagine that they are not modern jewelry. "It's hard to imagine that they come from a Japanese designer.
Born into a family of jewelers, Mitsuo Kaji gave up his role as a singer in order to fulfill a promise to his father to inherit the family's jewelry business. He spent ten years studying jewelry science and designed his own brand of jewelry. After decades of continuous efforts, Mitsuo Kaji now not only owns his own jewelry store, but also has the qualification of professional gemstone authentication. Since Mitsuo Kaji loves jewelry with antique features, especially those from Europe, his designs are also oriented towards European-style palace classic features. "Not only do I love antique materials, but I even work on antique jewelry to make decorative frames of my own design." According to Mitsuo Kaji, by merging antique jewelry with modern craftsmanship and refreshing antiques that seem to have lost their sense of style into modern jewelry, the aim is that the jewelry he designs will become antique jewelry to be cherished hundreds of years from now.
Mitsuo Kaji has a passion for designing exquisite jewelry with unique architectural features and rich landscapes. In the 20th anniversary jewelry exhibition of Mitsuo Kaji, an exquisite jewelry box took Mitsuo Kaji a year to create. This jewelry box, which is made in the shape of the castle located in St. Michael's Hill, France, is made of white gold weighing 2 kilograms and is equipped with a world-famous 40-carat diamond called "Kimberley," and the jewelry box is so meticulously handcrafted that it has a staircase and furniture as well.
In addition to the world's natural heritage, Mitsuo Kaji, who loves to capture the romantic feeling, has transformed the subjects of heart-stopping movies such as "Gone with the Wind," "Dreams across the Blue Bridge," and "Roman Holiday" into exquisite jewelry. At the same time, he also redesigned some enameled jewelry painted with human figure motifs from his past collection and designed chic decorations around them, with floral embellishments, bright and colorful gemstones and glittering diamonds, presenting these artful antique jewelry in a more complete manner.